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Here are a model of macrobiotic diet menus for a week.

BREAKFAST:
All breakfasts include: 1 choice of fruit juice and 1 part whole grain cereals with skim milk.

RATIONS:
It may take two snacks daily, a mid morning and mid afternoon. These consist of 1 seasonal fruit of choice.

DAY 1
• Lunch: 1 serving of brown rice, 1 green salad with corn oil, 1 fruit for dessert station choice
• DINNER: 1 cup black beans soup, 1 serving of peas with sunflower oil and algae, and 1 fruit for dessert station choice.

DAY 2
• Lunch: small salad of grated carrot, onion, lettuce and leeks, seasoned with sesame oil, plus 1 radish juice and 1 to choose seasonal fruit for dessert.
• Dinner: 1 baked chicken breast without skin, 1 piece of boiled cabbage, corn oil and 1 fruit for dessert station choice. Read the rest of this entry »

The macrobiotic diet is a diet of Japanese old, whose name means “long life”. It is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to help people become more healthy

The macrobiotic diet is used to cure diseases or as a slimming regime. Combines ideas of strict vegetarianism and Zen Buddhist philosophy. It is based on a balance between food and food called Ying Yang. This balance allows for health and meet the physical, mental and spiritual.

Yin foods are those with debilitating energy while Yang foods are foods needed to achieve health and physical and mental.

The first group includes foods such as sugar, honey, tropical fruits, dairy, meat, eggs, clams, alcoholic beverages, spices, processed foods, preserves, ete. Read the rest of this entry »